[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 20]
[House]
[Page 27030]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                            PROTECT OUR JOBS

  (Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California asked and was given permission 
to address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his 
remarks.)
  Mr. DANIEL E. LUNGREN of California. Madam Speaker, a number of years 
ago, a prominent Democratic political consultant coined the phrase, 
``It's the economy, stupid.'' What that meant was, after the issues of 
national security and personal security, the state of the economy is 
number one in the minds and hearts of the American people.
  We have just heard disturbing news: The unemployment rate is now 10.2 
percent, the highest rate in decades. At this point in time when our 
constituents are worried about jobs, worried about the economy, worried 
about how they are going to pay their bills, does it make sense for us 
to rush to judgment on a bill that has been analyzed to show that it is 
a job killer bill? I refer to the Pelosi health care plan that we are 
going to be kept in this place this weekend to vote on. Let us hear 
what the American people are saying. Make sure we protect our jobs, not 
destroy our jobs.

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